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Definition
Milligram; a unit of weight equal to one-thousandth of a gram.
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How it's used
Scientific and medical contexts are the primary domains for this unit. While it is standard in formal settings, you will hear it frequently in daily life when discussing medication dosages or nutritional information on food labels.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
